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The Treatment for Election Shock

By Dana Gerhardt

I know how disappointed you feel because I feel it too, and so do
tens of millions of Americans who invested their hopes and dreams in this effort.
This is painful and it will be for a long time.
–from Hillary Clinton’s concession speech

As the election results came in, I was watching one of the live late night shows, when a famous actor who was sitting in the guest chair began rubbing his belly. I noticed that I was doing the same. My stomach felt oddly like it had been filling with lead. The actor and I, along with fully half the country, were in shock. Despite our disbelieving brains, our bodies were already registering our sorrow, anger, and fear.

Had the election gone the other way, the country’s other half would have been feeling just the same. In fact—this was one of several post-election awakenings for me—my current alienation was how the other half had been feeling for the past eight years. Although empathy is high among the Great Mother’s virtues, I’m sorry to say I did not offer it then.

Putting politics aside: What do we do  now with our pain? The desire to escape it is unavoidable, yet over the long run, this only makes pain stronger. To the Great-Mother-minded—strong emotions are opportunities. These are the jewels that when found, cut, and polished, can brighten the necklace of our emotional mastery. Where there is strong Shakti, there is energy—our energy. How do we want to shape and use it?

Ignored feelings distill into poisons that collect somewhere in the body. Abandoned feelings make us heavier, draining our energy until something else can release them. Then we’re puzzled and perhaps embarrassed that we reacted so strongly to some small thing.  Let’s not miss this moment. These times give us compelling reasons to stay awake.

When the plane suddenly descends and the oxygen masks drop, mothers are advised to put their mask on first, before helping their child. This is a good image for us in the midst of strong emotion. We need to get our inner mother in gear. We need to rouse the impulse to take care of ourselves—alongside our helpless, flailing self. When we’re only the child, all we know is the plunging and gasping. So let’s say your inner mother is awake now. What wise remedies can she apply? My favorites are the following three. Learn them and you can take care of yourself anytime, anywhere.

  • Ground: stabilize your system.

In trauma and tragedy, humans instinctively seek community. We comfort, commiserate with, and gain perspective from each other. We remind our shattered selves of who we are. We laugh together. Our spirits lift and we’re inspired to move forward. From an energetic perspective, community performs another important function. It helps to stabilize our agitated nervous systems. And that’s the first medicine we need. We need to ground the excited energy—the way a lightning rod collects potentially destructive electricity and drives it into the ground.

We’re often not aware of this when we reach out to other people. Yet—we feel more anchored after we connect. Family and friends can bring us back to earth. If we don’t have live humans to talk with or gather among, we can find community quite easily on social media. We can listen to our favorite commentators or read like-minded blogs. We can watch daytime chat shows. However we do it—these activities succeed when they serve to calm us down. This noticing is most important. It keeps us honest. Is what we’re doing benefiting our system or making it worse?

If community is not available or we feel too vulnerable for even that, we can lie with our backs on the ground. As a practice, this should be done for at least thirty minutes, preferably longer. It’s a way of allowing Gaia, the earth, to become your community. She’ll absorb the agitations that you need to drain. She’s got your back. Notice how deeply Gaia abides. Sink into her as though into sand or warm mud. Release everything. Gently weave your breath up and down your spine. You may notice a shift in mood before thirty minutes have elapsed, but don’t cheat yourself. Collapsing into the arms of Gaia is deeply nourishing. Once you feel complete, arise. Notice the difference in your system. Your newly grounded body will feel heavier, slower, more present, and more at peace.

Again, the noticing is important. This is how we build confidence in our internal mother. We discover she can bring us real relief. Being in a grounded body feels much safer than being in a disconnected one. The adrenals can relax.

  • Revive your heart.

There’s an order to the remedies. You can’t do much energetically if you’re not in your body. This next step is just as important. You can’t comfort yourself if your heart is locked, collapsed, or frozen—common conditions when we’re distressed. Humans sense these energetic states—it’s in our language. After traumatic events, people say things like “I’ve lost heart,” “My heart is broken,” “I have a heavy heart,” “My heart is on the ground,” or even “I feel dead inside.”

As long as we’re still alive, these are temporary conditions. The heart is actually a muscle, so it doesn’t break. It can’t literally fall out of our bodies and hit the ground. Nor does it ever really abandon us. But when it feels like these things have happened, nature has installed in us a simple remedy. We can revive the heart with our breath. With breath alone, we can bring ourselves back into rhythm. This simple capacity is more valuable than the fanciest machine in any hospital.

Try it. The more refined your awareness of your actual heart beats, the more interesting this activity becomes. Some of us have a natural ability to sense our beating heart. Those who don’t can learn. But acquiring this sensitivity starts simply. Just send your breath into your chest. Not only does this bring oxygen, it brings prana, the vital life force that rides along the breath. Don’t push—rather, let your heart be soothed. Let it relax naturally into the space you’re creating. This is spiritual self-CPR.

The center of your chest will feel juicier once you’ve brought your heart back to life. Your breath will be freer. You’ll also feel more like yourself, more centered. Now your inner mother is ready for the third practice—meeting your pain.

  • Breathe into the pain, in a way that allows it to move.

What should we do with our painful feelings? Quite simply: we need to feel them. This activity is the central practice of emotional mastery—yet without grounding or an open heart, it’s impossible to perform. Assuming we’re stabilized and soft enough to be receptive, we can get down to business. We leave our noisy thoughts behind and draw our attention below the neck, into the body, where the emotions spike, jitter, pool, freeze and flow. The Devas of emotion are alive with energy. We can sense  this! Gifts of the Great Mother, feelings are the vibrational nectars designed to deter, fuel, or comfort us through life’s ups and downs. Each has its job to do and its own style of journeying. Sorrow is cleansing and renewing. Anger motivates and strengthens us. Fear alerts us to danger.

That there are five stages to grief is well known. Grief supposedly goes from denial to anger to bargaining to depression and finally to acceptance. However—these are just the stages that the mind goes through. They have nothing to do with the true journey of your feelings. Depression is never the signal that you’re nearly done with your emotional processing. Rather, it suggests you haven’t begun!  Depression is a sign that your mind has exhausted itself and your unfelt feelings have grown viscous. They’re on their way to congealing into the heavy stones your resigned “acceptance” could be carrying into your future.

The true stages of grief are actually a secret—meaning, no one can tell you exactly how it will go for you. You have to meet your feelings in the same way all the ancient heroes have had to meet their angels and demons. The Devas are intelligent natural forces—like the wind, ocean, rivers, and streams—but the landscape they flow through is yours, carved by your thoughts and your past. How long their journey takes or what it looks like largely depends on what’s inside you.

Bring a small piece of your pain into awareness. As you did with your heart, send it breath. And be curious. Notice the location, size, color, texture, and density of your pain. Is it in your eyes? Your ovaries? Your heart? Is it contracted and silent? Or does it shiver and shout? Is it blue, red, green, or black? This is how we practice in the temple of the Great Mother.  We grow attentive to the nuances of the energy, the holy Shakti.

Emotions are the spices which flavor the energetic soup that’s always cooking inside our body’s cauldron. Feelings are intense sensation-producers and are packed with medicine. They add color and drama to our lives. We might innately prefer some emotional spices to others, but on the way to mastery, we learn to taste and use them all–with discernment, but no judgments.

This third step is simple. It’s as basic as the activity of an unbiased tongue tasting peppers, honey, dirt, or mold. Yet it’s also so nuanced, we could discuss our encounters with these Devas for days without exhausting a fraction of their depth and mystery. No need to tell yourself scary stories on top of this work; the mind is not particularly helpful. Just breathe and let the feelings move, which is their nature. At some point, the taste, color, or density of your sensations will shift. The true sign that you’re ready for emotional acceptance is when you feel more alive, whole, and eager to move on.

Feeling all your feelings is the Great Mother’s work. In a patriarchal society which prefers to hide this precious Shakti, it’s actually subversive. It takes courage. Along the way, you may get ungrounded, your heart may freeze again, and your breath will get shallow. Often, these responses are leftover from childhood, when you probably got the message that this particular spice you’re tasting wasn’t appreciated by your tribe. Most of our reactions to feelings are learned. But now you know how to keep going forward. Be adventurous and kind to yourself. Keep checking in on your grieving. as you would a sick child home from school. Don’t be surprised if you discover that meeting yourself this way can actually be pleasurable.

Grief—when we take its journey properly—will lead us through sorrow to rebirth. Its reward is always new life. And that’s when we know our grieving is officially done. Timing is the trickiest element with this Deva–because whenever we surrender to her, all the ungrieved stones from our past wake up and beg for their release too. We may need hours, days, weeks, or more. Though the mind is impatient, don’t cheat yourself. We need you whole. The world has changed and we all have precious new work to do.

© 2016 by Dana Gerhardt

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Painting by Claudia Fernety. See more of Claudia’s work at her website.

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About Dana Gerhardt

A popular columnist with The Mountain Astrologer since 1991, Dana Gerhardt is an internationally respected astrologer. She has lectured extensively and written for astrology publications on several continents. Her ongoing passions are the moon and living the intuitive life. Dana worked for many years in the corporate sector, where she observed the undeniable influence of natural cycles. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude from Occidental College in Los Angeles and did graduate work in literature at Columbia University and CSULA. Dana can be contacted by email.

Comments

  1. Deb Vroman says

    Jan 27, 2018 at 10:54 am

    A year later…still helpful! Thank you, Dana!

    Reply
    • Dana Gerhardt says

      Jan 27, 2018 at 4:03 pm

      It’s been an exhausting year! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Tamzan Johnson says

    Nov 14, 2016 at 12:25 pm

    Well thank you for this Dana, the most helpful insights I have found yet. Tis a beautiful day here to hope the sky will be clear enough to watch the full moon rise over the hills again…5:30 this evening…

    Reply
  3. Dana Gerhardt says

    Nov 14, 2016 at 10:08 am

    I’m confused. I don’t think I’ve been encouraging rioting or terror. My message was more moon-based. However we’re feeling, we need a strong practice to cope with the emotions. This is a universal message. Let’s you and I enjoy our unity around that.

    Reply
  4. Trina says

    Nov 14, 2016 at 2:28 am

    Dana you are a kind person but keep in mind we out here who believe in another way is just as important. I never saw anyone helping us through the voting results last 8 years. So now if one is to have a site for all people I feel it should be more generic not to isolate some participants in your site! I have referred many to the site love love it very attractive very uplifting and seemed to be friendly to all. But now not so much. This is the SHIFT good or bad and I have had to embrace that which I could not control and now its the others turn. The Yen and Yang if you will. I understand what despair and shock is and felt every ounce on both elections in the recent past. Now is a time of unity…for divided we will fail send up good vibrations as “clinton” said maybe not sincerely, but professionally, that we must all give the winner a chance to rule and us to all come together. To riot, destroy, or terrorize others just because they did not agree with you is a criminal activity actually and they should be put in jail. It is not a citizens right to a peaceful demonstration being acted upon. Goddess UNITE and SEND GOOD vibes infuse this new presidency with good good thoughts. The Collective Voice Universal has power!

    Reply
  5. Edye Allen says

    Nov 13, 2016 at 4:36 pm

    Beautiful, Dana! Thank you!

    Reply
  6. Robert Birch says

    Nov 13, 2016 at 1:56 pm

    Yes. This is the quality of coming out, stepping up and into. Thank you.

    Reply
  7. Faelind says

    Nov 13, 2016 at 9:26 am

    Thank you so much. I have needed this and every other positive and truly subversive and resistant planning for the Tower Times ahead. May we all have your courage!
    So mote it be!

    Reply
  8. Lora says

    Nov 13, 2016 at 7:56 am

    Thank you so much for these gentle words and reminders to take care of ourselves.

    Reply
  9. Akasha says

    Nov 13, 2016 at 1:02 am

    Thank you so much, Dana. People like you truly help in raising the vibration of this planet. <3

    Reply
  10. SASHA says

    Nov 12, 2016 at 10:37 pm

    THANK YOU DANA FOR YOUR DEE0P SOUL WORK.
    HAS IT OCCURED TO ANYONE THE POSSIBILITY THAT SNOWDEN, PUTIN, ASSANGE AND CO. MAY HAVE HACKED THE U.S. ELECTIONS AND RIGGED THE RESULTS AGAINST CLINTON? WE DON’T BELIEVE EVEN TRUMP KNEW HE COULD POSSIBLY WIN. THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED BY GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE EXPERTS BUT PROBABLY NOT BY THE FBI. THE WORLD DESERVES TO KNOW IF THE HACKERS ALSO SHIFTED THE BREXIT RESULTS FOR ASSANGE’S PERSONAL LEGAL BENEFIT.
    SNOWDEN IS LOOKING FOR A LEGAL PARDON VIA PUTIN’S RELATIONSHIP WITH TRUMP.
    AND ON A MORE PERSONAL NOTE, TO ALL THE GODDESSES WHO VOTED FOR TRUMP: MISOGYNY AND PATRIARCHAL VALUES ARE ALSO STRONGLY EMBEDDED IN FEMALE UPBRINGING, YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS AFFECTS OUR DAUGHTERS VIEW OF THE WORLD, THEIR POSSIBILITIES AND SELF EMPOWERMENT AS WELL AS YOUR OWN, YOUR PARTNER’S AND YOUR SONS. FULL MOON BLESSINGS TO ALL! MAY ALL DARKNESS BE DISPELLED, MAY POTENT LOVE AND LIGHT SOOTHE AND REIGN!!

    Reply
    • Trina says

      Nov 14, 2016 at 2:12 am

      now now ….just because we do not agree with you sister does not mean we are horrible wrong people or not intelligent! WE know how we feel and it is just as justified as yours. IF one is to be labeled liberal humanitarian etc where is your compassion when we have been in disbelief and in horror for eight LONG years…that our nation could get this low and allow such behavior to persist in the oval office, or have a candidate run under FBI Investigation. Come on now, I too felt EQUALLY THAT IT WAS RIGGED WHEN OBAMA won ONCE but TWICE! They indeed found evidence of the fraud of voting and that the system had been fixed then. Nothing was done and we the other side felt disempowered but again I guess we did not have the right to complain and were silenced! BUT alas not now, not this year, we will not go quietly into the night. I am a sister of the Moon, a Leo and I am a patriot I feel if we could get a worthy woman to run not a criminal or treasonous one, either way I would vote for her. I don’t vote for somebody due to just gender or race or religion but upon what I feel how they can rule or fix our issues. These articles should remain generic as to not offend all readers though…

      Reply
  11. Michele says

    Nov 12, 2016 at 4:30 pm

    Dana, this is invaluable! Thank you for giving us options and clear direction in this very uncertain time. It’s funny because I hugged a tree in my yard today, just really leaned in and let it support me. I could have just fallen asleep like that! I did feel better though!

    Reply
    • Dana Gerhardt says

      Nov 13, 2016 at 4:27 pm

      I love this… somewhere inside we always know exactly what we need.

      Reply
  12. Christine says

    Nov 12, 2016 at 3:09 pm

    The presidential election results have given me a great sense of relief. Our country and its values will not be lost after all. Those who are rioting and destroying property are proof how low this country has sunk in the past 8 years. I sincerely hope Mr. Trump has the courage to carry out his promises which got him to where he is today.

    Reply
    • Trina says

      Nov 14, 2016 at 1:56 am

      I agree I am finally hopeful and I feel a depression I have had and been in shock for over 8 years has finally lifted! The only thing is that when we felt as you and I did Christine, no one cared or felt for us. WE were told we were the minority and well get over it. Now it seems the media or anyone who did not agree with the elections are now acting as if the world has ended and or acting out very badly because they did not get their way. I understand if you are having to deal with the results, but we had to deal with the results not once but twice so now I feel we all need to understand that is democracy, in action my friends or karma what goes around does come around we all cannot win all the time. Its life and so we all must keep the faith and move ever onward!

      Reply
    • Teresa Williams says

      Nov 17, 2016 at 4:47 am

      I’m so glad you believe in karma. Wonder what Trump’s karma is for lying, and cheating people out their money, conning, sexual assault, revenge driven motivations to destroy people that tried to stand up to him when asking for the money they were owed for services rendered, the hateful mocking of disabled people, the racist and hate driven rhetoric he spews that emboldens the KKK and the recent surge in hate crimes? As, far as having to deal with results, we on the left had to deal with the results of 2000…in fact we are still dealing with the results…the war in Iraq. Wonder what results we’ll have to endure from these “results:?

      Reply
  13. Krista Johnson says

    Nov 12, 2016 at 3:07 pm

    Awesome, Dana, thank you!

    Reply
  14. Julie Pittman says

    Nov 12, 2016 at 12:52 pm

    Aloha Dana, Awesome…Love it !

    Reply

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Astrologers use a variety of house systems, or methods of dividing up the sky into twelve sections. I use the Porphyry house system; another popular house system is Placidus (this is the default on https://astro.com). If the chart I send you looks different from what you are used to seeing, then likely a system other than Porphyry was used. Whole signs, Equal House, Regiomantus, and Campanus are examples of other systems. If you find all of this confusing, do not worry. It is likely not critical to your report.

m  Conjunction:  Like peas in a pod, planets in conjunction tend to come from the same place. They act together, but it’s also hard to tell them apart. This aspect can increase talent, focus, and intensity (“two are better than one”). Or one planet can disappear as the other dominates. Their connection feels so natural, it’s easy to think everyone blends these planetary energies just as you do—but mostly, they don’t!.

p  Sextile:  Planets in sextile are compatible, though without any fireworks. This aspect doesn’t demand your attention. It quietly presents an opportunity. You can join these archetypal forces. Donna Cunningham has called this the “Oh, that!” aspect, because that’s generally what her clients say when she describes their benefits.  To get the most from sextiles you need to actively work them.

q  Square:  Squares are wild and wonderful—but difficult too. The power struggle between these planets was likely defined in your youth, when they were impossibly challenging. People are usually aware of their squares. They force the issues that make you to grow. And that’s their gift. They ensure you learn your lessons. When you rise to the occasion, they bless you with energy, action, and success.

r  Trine:  Michael Munkasey has dubbed this the “goddess aspect” because it’s so lovely. Identifying talents you may have perfected in a previous life, trines can bring you joy. There’s a nice flow of energy between planets in trine. They support and reinforce each another. But without any struggle, you might take them for granted—neither using nor developing their gifts. An unattended trine can sometimes trick you into negative behaviors.

t  Inconjunct/Quincunx:  Your quincunx planets are innately incompatible. Bringing them into harmonious expression requires constant adjustments. This can be stressful, also motivating. You’ve got to keep changing your process, opinions or attitude—which promotes highly creative solutions.

u  Opposition:  They say opposites attract—and planets in opposition are never far from each other, though they’re constantly bickering. You may be triggered into awareness of this aspect by other people who seem to resist or undermine you.  An opposition can make you feel uncertain, insecure, or discontent, until you can accept and see yourself in both energies. Typically people find it easier to identify with one side and project the other onto unsuspecting others in the outer world.

First House: Personality, physical body, beginnings. Includes the Ascendant and rules physical appearance, the image you project to others, your general outlook on life, how you start things; may describe your role in your family system, often guides your first impression of immediate environment.

Second House: Money and personal finances, sense of self-worth and basic values, personal possessions, talents.

Third House: Communication, thoughts, language skills like writing and speaking, early schooling, siblings and neighbors, short trips, coming and going around town.

Fourth House: Your home, psychological foundations and roots, family, parents, domestic life, instinctive behavior, ancestry, your connection with the past, sense of security, domestic life, real estate. conditions at the end of life.

Fifth House: Children, creativity, romance; pleasure, entertainment, self-expression; all forms of “play”, speculation, gambling, and attitude towards taking risks; hobbies, attitude towards romance, lovers as opposed to partners, attitude towards having fun.

Sixth House: Work and job (as opposed to career), daily life, attitude towards service and coworkers, helpfulness, pets, attitude towards routine and organization, how you refine and perfect your skills.

Seventh House: Partnerships, one-to-one relationships, marriage, the first marriage, the “significant other”, business partnerships, competitors, open enemies, lawyers, mediators, counselors, contracts, negotiations, agreements. clients/the public.

Eighth House: Transformations and crisis, your ability to meet and rebound from crisis and change, sexuality; sex, death and rebirth, rituals and personal growth, your partner’s resources, addictions, psychology, other people’s money, taxes, divorce/alimony, inheritance.

Ninth House: Attitude toward expanding horizons, religious beliefs and personal philosophy, higher education, long-distance travel, morals, foreign languages and cultures, personal truths, publishing, commerce, advertising, your sense of adventure.

Tenth House: Career and profession, your contribution to society, social status, public reputation, material success, how you carve out a public identity for yourself; attitude toward authority figures, parents, caregivers, bosses, governments, attitude towards responsibility, desire for achievement.

Eleventh House: Friends, groups, organizations; hopes, wishes, aspirations, personal goals; your philanthropic attitude, concern for the collective, humanity; like tenth, can bring recognition and honors for fulfilling hopes and dreams.

Twelfth House: What’s hidden beneath the surface, karmic dustbin, limiting childhood/past-life messages, self-undoing, hidden enemies, hidden weaknesses, dreams, secret affairs, lost items, hospitals and prisons, hidden strengths, spiritual studies and soul growth.

A  Sun: Our vitality and magnetism; self-identity, ego.
Roles: The Self, the Hero, the Performer, the King.

B  Moon: Intuition, emotion, nurture.
Roles: The Mother, the High Priestess, the Child.

C  Mercury: Mind; physical dexterity and mental agility.
Roles: The Thinker, the Communicator, the Student, the Trickster, the Merchant, the Thief.

D  Venus: Our capacity for pleasure, receptivity, creativity, and social connection. Also indicates our relationships, self esteem, and financial abundance.
Roles: The Lover, the Seductress, the Artist.

E  Mars: Desire, initiative, anger.
Roles: The Protector, the Athlete, the Warrior.

F  Jupiter: Luck, opportunity, expansion, higher learning, religion.
Roles: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Traveler, the Monk, the Professor.

G  Saturn: Hard work, commitment, focus, inadequacy, leadership, suffering, loss.
Roles: The Task Master, the Grim Reaper, the Wise Old Man, the Builder, the Cynic, the Boss.

H  Uranus: Change, breakthroughs, upsets, discoveries.
Roles: The Revolutionary, the Humanitarian, the Visionary, the Snob.

I  Neptune: Imagination, spirituality, idealism, addictions, deception, compassion.
Roles: The Artist, the Romantic, the Guru, the Addict, the Martyr, the Victim.

J  Pluto: Transformation, power, psychological dynamics, helplessness.
Roles: The Terrorist, the Detective, the Psychotherapist, the Dictator, shady people.

a  Aries: Pioneering, competitive, selfish, impatient, courageous, reckless, independent, dynamic, domineering, “Me first!”

b  Taurus: Patient, stable, lazy, dependable, practical, sensual, stubborn, artistic, possessive, greedy, gentle, loyal.

c  Gemini: Intelligent, curious, adaptable, quick-witted, restless, clever, scatterbrained, lacking follow-through.

d  Cancer: Nourishing, intuitive, protective, moody, sensitive, maternal, domestic, childish, cautious, creative.

e  Leo: Proud, dignified, vain, expressive, romantic, generous, childish, overbearing, self-assured, creative.

f  Virgo: Perfection-seeking, practical, methodical, petty, critical, studious, discriminating, cautious, never satisfied.

g  Libra: Charming, sociable, peace-loving, refined, diplomatic, artistic, indecisive, apathetic, easily deterred.

h  Scorpio: Passionate, secretive, penetrating, resourceful, suspicious, manipulative, jealous, sarcastic, intolerant, determined, aware.

i  Sagittarius: Freedom-loving, philosophical, optimistic, enthusiastic, careless, impatient, talkative, a know-it-all, broadminded, athletic, honest.

j  Capricorn: Serious, responsible, practical, hardworking, stubborn, brooding, inhibited, status-conscious, domineering, unforgiving.

k  Aquarius: Progressive, individualistic, unpredictable, cold, intellectual, artistic, eccentric, shy, impersonal, scientific.

l  Pisces: Compassionate, intuitive, ungrounded, romantic, impractical, self-sacrificing, seductive, musical, artistic.